Category: Donna

Donna always smiles. Even though she lives a life struggling from the effects of polio, legs wrapped in cold steel and leather, her smile shines. She is using her wheelchair much more than in the past and today she wheels outside. Then when she enters her apartment she really begins to warm things up. She transfers to the bed to remove one brace from her weakest leg and ( at the request of a fan) walks allowing her leg to drag behind. Her toes curled under her foot slowly drag across the tile and curl so beautifully. She returns to the bed and removes the other brace before lowering herself to the floor to manipulate her paralyzed legs for your viewing pleasure.

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We’re graced to spend time with Donna who walks so carefully to the stairs to show how she is challenged by them. Then its a walk outside to a beautiful spot in the sun where she reaches out to you for assistance to sit in the cool grass. There, she removes her braces and manipulates her legs and feet by hand, applying lotion so calmly and generously for your pleasure. With you assistance she’ll stand again and walk for you once more, slowly swinging each steel clad leg through the grass.

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Donna lives life with a smile and confidence, even with legs that do not function. Her heavy steel braces and crutches give her the ability to walk. We asked her, what her world would be like if she only had short crutches to use and without a word she showed us.

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Donna has lived with the loss of the use of her legs to polio. Steel and leather are the only things that allow her to walk. She’s beginning to suffer from Post Polio Syndrome. Have a close look at how she walks during a flair up and how polio has twisted her feet into unique and beautiful wonders.

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When Donna welcome you to her room she delights you with some incredible polio leg delights. First a transfer from her wheelchair to the sofa so she can put on her braces. Those flaccid feet, useless little toes are so beautiful. Then its time for a stroll outside to the staircse where she navigates them, struggling with each legbraced step. You can almost see up her skirt before she turns and comes down the stairs to her apartment where she has something special. She sits on the sofa and removes one legbrace and nylon and then struggles to walk with her useless leg, dangling and her foot flopping into place with each difficult step.

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Its morning and you get to follow Donna across the floor and into her shower. Her wet top exposes her wonders while she shaves her legs for you, holding each one in the air, flopping her foot uncontrolled. Then its time to dry off, lay her braces and crutches on her lap and scoot herself across the floor to the bedroom to dress.